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Tasik Cermin (Mirror Lake) Geopark in Ipoh, Malaysia

Just outside the growing industrial landscape of Ipoh, limestone cliffs border ...

Şakirin Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

Şakirin Mosque was built in 2009 by the architect Hüsrev Tayla. It was decorate...

Den Hvide Jomfru (The White Maiden) in Nyborg, Denmark

Shrouded in mystery, the small, whitewashed brick tower known as Den Hvide Jomf...

Terranova Music Box Museum in Ashibetsu, Japan

This museum houses large jukebox-sized music boxes. The collection consists of ...

American Spoon in Petoskey, Michigan

Visitors to the Great Lakes region will find no shortage of artisanal, locally ...

Edmond Bombing Memorial in Edmond, Oklahoma

On April 19, 1995, 18 citizens of Edmond, Oklahoma were lost in the terrorist a...

Diamond Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands

In the 1500s, many diamond workers fleeing persecution elsewhere in Europe (but...

Narayanhiti Palace Museum Massacre Site in Kathmandu, N...

On the night of June 1, 2001, gunfire rang out from Narayanhiti Palace in centr...

Castello di Gropparello (Gropparello Castle) in Groppar...

Gropparello Castle in Italy is a stunning medieval castle full of history: Char...

Wolves Have a Bad Reputation. One Yellowstone Naturalis...

The wolves trot out of the morning fog and settle around a bison herd that had o...

How One Biologist Drew a Hyper-Accurate, Ranger-Approve...

In the gift shop of South Carolina’s Congaree National Park, visitors can choose...

We Visited the Dino Bodega in (Jurassic) Park Slope

A long time ago, when dinosaurs roamed New York—long before smartphones, Ubers, ...

Sandiaoling Bike Tunnel in New Taipei City, Taiwan

The Sandiaoling Bike Tunnel is a journey through history, nature, and innovativ...

Mitaki-dera in Hiroshima, Japan

This temple in Hiroshima is accessible by public transportation thanks to one b...

Wyoming’s Sacred Landscapes: A Journey Through Native A...

The peaks of the Wind River Range rise and fall like the rhythm of a heartbeat a...

Terry's of Charlevoix in Charlevoix, Michigan

Not far from Earl Young’s beloved stone “mushroom houses” is Terry’s of Charlev...

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